BBC Learnings
English BBC Learnings listening and dictation lessons.
Section 1
- Can AI have a mind of its own B1 · 105 sentences
- Climate change Are there too many people B1 · 64 sentences
- The hidden life of buffets B1 · 112 sentences
- Songwriting B1 · 103 sentences
- United against food waste B1 · 115 sentences
- 3D printers B1 · 106 sentences
- Are opinion polls accurate B1 · 106 sentences
- Deep-sea mining B1 · 56 sentences
- Can music mend a broken heart B1 · 101 sentences
- The art of conversation B1 · 101 sentences
- Qatar's World Cup workers B1 · 113 sentences
- Controlling the weather B1 · 110 sentences
- Meet the flavourists B1 · 103 sentences
- Are Halloween costumes too scary B1 · 109 sentences
- Does climate change make you anxious B1 · 100 sentences
- Translating recipes B1 · 104 sentences
- Are artistic brains different B1 · 117 sentences
- Why are prices going up B1 · 64 sentences
- English for dating online B1 · 92 sentences
- Man vs beast Who is more efficient B1 · 99 sentences
Section 2
- Are you following your dreams B2 · 84 sentences
- Do emojis make language better B2 · 92 sentences
- Being a beauty influencer B2 · 86 sentences
- Women in the workplace B2 · 90 sentences
- Connecting remote communities B2 · 92 sentences
- How pandemics end B2 · 82 sentences
- Confused by modern idioms B2 · 101 sentences
- Which are more dangerous sharks or humans B2 · 85 sentences
- Climate change and evolution B2 · 79 sentences
- Preserving traditional recipes B2 · 84 sentences
- Restoring trust in science B2 · 92 sentences
- The Manhattan Project B2 · 83 sentences
- Island life Is it paradise B2 · 83 sentences
- The technology of translation B2 · 83 sentences
- Queen Elizabeth II What is the Platinum Jubilee B2 · 83 sentences
- People who can taste words B2 · 88 sentences
- Finding your way in space B2 · 84 sentences
- Can VR treat fears and phobias B2 · 83 sentences
- Life in the modern office B2 · 93 sentences
- Remembering Desmond Tutu B2 · 82 sentences
Section 3
- How green is nuclear energy B1 · 75 sentences
- Why we forget the things we learn B1 · 85 sentences
- Why is Super Mario so popular B1 · 94 sentences
- Should fast food sponsor sport B1 · 89 sentences
- Grime Music from architecture B1 · 87 sentences
- Where do your tips go B1 · 78 sentences
- Angela Merkel B1 · 74 sentences
- Smart tech and climate change B1 · 85 sentences
- Going through the menopause B1 · 86 sentences
- Bitcoin's energy cost B1 · 80 sentences
- I love my language! B1 · 87 sentences
- Why are people collecting NFTs B1 · 85 sentences
- Robot artists B1 · 89 sentences
- Bats Friend or foe B1 · 82 sentences
- Is the planet warming up faster B1 · 86 sentences
- Is technology harmful to youngsters B1 · 84 sentences
- Making sense of the census B1 · 78 sentences
- The fear of numbers B1 · 95 sentences
- A future without doctors B1 · 91 sentences
- Inside the head of Jeff Bezos B1 · 93 sentences
Section 4
- Discoveries of the deep sea B2 · 92 sentences
- Rhetoric How persuasive are you B2 · 90 sentences
- Britain's love affair with coffee B2 · 89 sentences
- Pessimism vs Optimism B2 · 98 sentences
- The world of Agatha Christie B2 · 77 sentences
- Mars Mysteries of the Red Planet B2 · 86 sentences
- Why laughter is the best medicine B2 · 95 sentences
- Is being kind good for you B2 · 94 sentences
- Eating bugs B2 · 96 sentences
- The benefits of boredom B2 · 99 sentences
- Sleepy in South Korea B2 · 90 sentences
- Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics B2 · 78 sentences
- Personalised diets B2 · 82 sentences
- Inventing languages B2 · 94 sentences
- Welcome to the 'metaverse' B2 · 90 sentences
- Do trees have memories B2 · 99 sentences
- Algorithms B2 · 85 sentences
- Changing the earth's climate B2 · 82 sentences
- Body language online B2 · 83 sentences
- The Human Library B2 · 89 sentences
Section 5
- The history of swimming B2 · 78 sentences
- Are humans a messy species B2 · 90 sentences
- The loneliest man in history B2 · 84 sentences
- How colour affects us B2 · 92 sentences
- Flexible working B2 · 90 sentences
- Hypnotism B2 · 92 sentences
- Saving the white rhino B2 · 89 sentences
- Making old things last longer B2 · 92 sentences
- Building rapport with others B2 · 82 sentences
- Food superstitions B2 · 91 sentences
- The Rosetta Stone B2 · 87 sentences
- Compassion fatigue B2 · 83 sentences
- Hermits B2 · 91 sentences
- When males are not needed B2 · 91 sentences
- Mermaids B2 · 87 sentences
- A quieter world B2 · 92 sentences
- US and China vs climate change B2 · 84 sentences
- Naked in nature B2 · 100 sentences
- The language of biscuits B2 · 99 sentences
- Is English really English B2 · 92 sentences
Section 6
- Astronauts on strike C1 · 111 sentences
- Digital help for blind people C1 · 110 sentences
- What is the key to happiness C1 · 105 sentences
- Looking for utopia C1 · 109 sentences
- Covid One year on C1 · 103 sentences
- Singing in tune C1 · 112 sentences
- Working for yourself C1 · 115 sentences
- How much heat do you lose from your head C1 · 107 sentences
- The woman whose cells never die C1 · 96 sentences
- What makes a good story C1 · 114 sentences
- For the love of foreign languages C1 · 107 sentences
- Comfort Food C1 · 112 sentences
- Coronavirus vs other pandemics C1 · 116 sentences
- Are trees intelligent C1 · 117 sentences
- Can jellyfish help us solve our problems C1 · 105 sentences
- Why do we choose to text instead of talk C1 · 116 sentences
- Loneliness C1 · 113 sentences
- Is punctuality important C1 · 110 sentences
- The circular economy C1 · 122 sentences
- Could you be a victim of online fraud C1 · 104 sentences
Section 7
- Melting ice sheet Is it too late C1 · 112 sentences
- Walkman The music player revolution C1 · 114 sentences
- Could humans live in underwater cities C1 · 111 sentences
- Hacking help for US elections C1 · 105 sentences
- Do chimps have the same emotions as us C1 · 97 sentences
- How can we make the web a better place C1 · 110 sentences
- Coronavirus Dealing with post-pandemic mass unemployment C1 · 111 sentences
- Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe C1 · 102 sentences
- Is there a future without bees C1 · 109 sentences
- How to talk about conspiracy theories C1 · 114 sentences
- What's the point of blood types C1 · 101 sentences
- Will Covid-19 change cities C1 · 111 sentences
- Is this the era of distrust C1 · 114 sentences
- No more bosses C1 · 113 sentences
- The medicine of coronavirus C1 · 109 sentences
- Food made in space C1 · 113 sentences
- Sport against poverty C1 · 119 sentences
- Covid-19 The office after lockdown C1 · 108 sentences
- Should we wear a face mask C1 · 108 sentences
- Millennials and business C1 · 112 sentences
Section 8
- Is being thrifty a virtue B2 · 82 sentences
- The food delivery revolution B2 · 94 sentences
- What difference has #MeToo made B2 · 85 sentences
- Is the recycling system broken B2 · 80 sentences
- The soothing power of books B2 · 88 sentences
- Shocking facts about electricity B2 · 94 sentences
- The importance of handwashing B2 · 92 sentences
- Lockdown Tips for parents coping with kids at home B2 · 88 sentences
- The power of crying B2 · 94 sentences
- Should we have a bucket list B2 · 85 sentences
- Is the pasty really Cornish B2 · 103 sentences
- Touring bands and climate change B2 · 92 sentences
- Training artificial intelligence B2 · 100 sentences
- Meditation and your brain B2 · 92 sentences
- Will humans become extinct B2 · 88 sentences
- Could you give up fast fashion B2 · 97 sentences
- How resilient are you B2 · 98 sentences
- How to disagree better B2 · 105 sentences
- Low emission zones B2 · 96 sentences
- What's getting women into politics B2 · 101 sentences
Section 9
- Could you give up booze for a month B2 · 129 sentences
- The decline of the apostrophe B2 · 127 sentences
- Why does seeing someone yawn make us yawn B2 · 129 sentences
- Fake or real What's the best tree to have at Christmas B2 · 123 sentences
- Have you ever had ecotherapy B2 · 107 sentences
- Anxious about talking to new people B2 · 115 sentences
- Why take a gap year B2 · 121 sentences
- The joy of free diving B2 · 126 sentences
- Mental health in the workplace B2 · 118 sentences
- Why do people like sad music B2 · 120 sentences
- Why's it called 'mother tongue' B2 · 117 sentences
- Is having a tattoo a good idea B2 · 113 sentences
- Internships would you work for free B2 · 112 sentences
- Can you spot a lie B2 · 118 sentences
- Are you good at complaining B2 · 116 sentences
- Does your name start with the wrong letter B2 · 118 sentences
- Fake smiles and the computers that can spot them B2 · 125 sentences
- Is tourism harmful B2 · 110 sentences
- The future of food B2 · 126 sentences
- How can I help the environment B2 · 122 sentences
Section 10
- Do our political views change as we get older B1 · 121 sentences
- Would you invest in cryptocurrencies B1 · 112 sentences
- The art of tipping B1 · 117 sentences
- Does recycling coffee cups make a difference B1 · 128 sentences
- Falling for fraud B1 · 117 sentences
- Is there anything good about shame B1 · 115 sentences
- Money and lifestyle B1 · 138 sentences
- Women's football World Cup B1 · 113 sentences
- The business of eSports B1 · 114 sentences
- Can death metal bring you joy B1 · 112 sentences
- Is talking on the phone embarrassing B1 · 112 sentences
- Why are motorbikes seen as masculine B1 · 117 sentences
- Vampire shoppers B1 · 126 sentences
- What to do when you can't sleep B1 · 132 sentences
- Being slim Is it in our genes B1 · 132 sentences
- Can we trust a smart speaker B1 · 123 sentences
- Anxiety and evolution Has anxiety been good for humans B1 · 120 sentences
- The rise in popularity of the comfy shoe B1 · 120 sentences
- Rabbits cuddly friends or cunning tricksters B1 · 125 sentences
- The decluttering trend - How do I declutter B1 · 133 sentences
Section 11
- Should we pay more for chocolate B1 · 103 sentences
- Why are some animals black and white B1 · 96 sentences
- The power of pepper B1 · 93 sentences
- Dreaming of being a chef B1 · 95 sentences
- Artistic swimming B1 · 85 sentences
- Rethinking dyslexia B1 · 83 sentences
- Why are billionaires building bunkers B1 · 100 sentences
- Scared to speak English B1 · 100 sentences
- What English phrases really mean B1 · 90 sentences
- Is it OK to disagree B1 · 91 sentences
- Finding and eating wild food B1 · 76 sentences
- How are horses helping to heal humans B1 · 85 sentences
- What’s your favourite flavour of crisp B1 · 86 sentences
- How are influencers affecting politics B1 · 73 sentences
- Do you have good dining etiquette B1 · 97 sentences
- How important is play B1 · 84 sentences
- Do you like garlic B1 · 77 sentences
- Is breakfast the most important meal of the day B1 · 81 sentences
- Did a civilisation exist on Earth before humans B1 · 72 sentences
- Are we too fixated on protein B1 · 89 sentences
Section 12
- Why do we feel awkward B1 · 96 sentences
- Do you have a second job B1 · 81 sentences
- How your eyes predict your personality B1 · 92 sentences
- Debating veganism How to change someone's opinion B1 · 93 sentences
- What's on your 'to-do' list B1 · 81 sentences
- Why are unicorns back in fashion B1 · 86 sentences
- Are food allergies more common now B1 · 97 sentences
- Are dating apps effective B1 · 88 sentences
- High heels fashion or oppression B1 · 84 sentences
- Improving your memory B1 · 87 sentences
- What makes you happy B1 · 87 sentences
- Is music getting faster B1 · 86 sentences
- Are there benefits to schadenfreude B1 · 90 sentences
- Would you eat less meat to save the environment B1 · 100 sentences
- Michelle Obama and her mission to inspire women B1 · 83 sentences
- Why we press buttons B1 · 100 sentences
- The teenage brain B1 · 99 sentences
- Using 'x' for 'kisses' B1 · 109 sentences
- Making food photo-friendly B1 · 102 sentences
- The smell of coffee B1 · 119 sentences
Section 13
- Are you drinking enough water B1 · 61 sentences
- Call centres Are you talking to AI B1 · 59 sentences
- Making 'mum friends' B1 · 68 sentences
- Can you trust ancestry DNA kits B1 · 59 sentences
- How babies learn to talk B1 · 64 sentences
- The secrets to a healthy old age B1 · 53 sentences
- The bond between sisters B1 · 70 sentences
- Having acne B1 · 49 sentences
- Why you need a good night's sleep B1 · 55 sentences
- Divorce Why does it happen B1 · 57 sentences
- Tech that refuses to die B1 · 51 sentences
- Did Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake B1 · 59 sentences
- What decides our taste B1 · 53 sentences
- Learning a new food culture B1 · 60 sentences
- Saving water in the driest place on Earth B1 · 54 sentences
- Keeping kids off smartphones B1 · 61 sentences
- Less salt, better health B1 · 54 sentences
- Chocolate Meet a real Willy Wonka B1 · 54 sentences
- Why we love dumplings B1 · 60 sentences
- Kids and climate change B1 · 56 sentences
Section 14
- What makes a good citizen B1 · 61 sentences
- Have you ever seen a whale B1 · 63 sentences
- The criminal trade in ancient objects B1 · 61 sentences
- Would you like a robot companion B1 · 60 sentences
- What causes hearing loss B1 · 73 sentences
- The joys of writing lists B1 · 63 sentences
- What's it like to be a twin B1 · 70 sentences
- What's your favourite snack B1 · 67 sentences
- Grown-ups buying kids’ toys B1 · 55 sentences
- Are you flourishing B1 · 77 sentences
- What is the manosphere B1 · 61 sentences
- What is degrowth B1 · 71 sentences
- How can we help wild bees B1 · 54 sentences
- Do you need to declutter your home B1 · 80 sentences
- How do you say sorry B1 · 67 sentences
- Are plant-based substitutes healthier than meat B1 · 71 sentences
- How do babies communicate B1 · 69 sentences
- Can climate change affect our mental health B1 · 56 sentences
- How important is politeness B1 · 82 sentences
- What's your favourite kind of noodle B1 · 62 sentences
Section 15
- Foods that go crunch B1 · 72 sentences
- Which cooking oil is the best B1 · 73 sentences
- Should animals be kept in zoos B1 · 65 sentences
- Can cows prevent wildfires B1 · 68 sentences
- How climate change affects animal migration B1 · 70 sentences
- Can AI solve crime B1 · 65 sentences
- Learning multiple languages B1 · 84 sentences
- Are we getting more allergic to things B1 · 72 sentences
- Can we boost the immune system B1 · 78 sentences
- Healthy meals on a budget B1 · 71 sentences
- Should we eat less rice B1 · 57 sentences
- The country that measures happiness B1 · 59 sentences
- A vaccine for cancer B1 · 57 sentences
- Young women on social media B1 · 64 sentences
- Rage bait How online anger makes money B1 · 59 sentences
- Why smells make us feel at home B1 · 55 sentences
- Becoming a musician B1 · 78 sentences
- How the world learned to love fast food B1 · 52 sentences
- Which country has the best schools B1 · 62 sentences
- Eating 50-year-old-stew B1 · 57 sentences
Section 16
- Birthday cakes B1 · 60 sentences
- The science of falling in love B1 · 55 sentences
- Why read books, not screens B1 · 59 sentences
- AI to reduce animal testing B1 · 51 sentences
- The school that puts the kids in charge B1 · 59 sentences
- What can we learn from toddlers B1 · 60 sentences
- How learning to read changes lives B1 · 58 sentences
- Building a better world with wood B1 · 54 sentences
- How names can tell painful stories B1 · 56 sentences
- Too old to have a baby B1 · 60 sentences
- E-rickshaws driving away pollution B1 · 55 sentences
- How bubble tea got its bubbles B1 · 61 sentences
- Can you keep a secret B1 · 57 sentences
- Bitter food, better health B1 · 64 sentences
- Talking at the table B1 · 56 sentences
- Eating for two B1 · 66 sentences
- Dancing for the brain B1 · 70 sentences
- Nudges The secrets of persuasion B1 · 60 sentences
- Why sitting is bad for health B1 · 75 sentences
- Why everyone loves the underdog B1 · 63 sentences
Section 17
- Disability in music and theatre B1 · 56 sentences
- What makes a great library B1 · 62 sentences
- Sewing to fight period poverty B1 · 66 sentences
- Plastic waste eaten by enzymes B1 · 62 sentences
- Feed your brain B1 · 66 sentences
- Food for new mums B1 · 67 sentences
- Fighting loneliness with soup B1 · 67 sentences
- What is the future of work B1 · 67 sentences
- How the language of menus matters B1 · 78 sentences
- The psychology of greed B1 · 68 sentences
- Addicted to sugar B1 · 67 sentences
- Our love of pets B1 · 61 sentences
- Sexism Female farmers fighting back B1 · 63 sentences
- Learning lessons from the Moon B1 · 65 sentences
- Can we live without plastic B1 · 63 sentences
- Invasive species Why not eat them B1 · 73 sentences
- What and where is Little Italy B1 · 61 sentences
- Social media and teenage health B1 · 67 sentences
- Mystery flying objects B1 · 61 sentences
- Elephant-proof farming B1 · 68 sentences
Section 18
- Should we farm octopus B2 · 46 sentences
- Ways to live for 100 years B2 · 49 sentences
- How green is your money B2 · 48 sentences
- Mushrooms Medicine or myth B2 · 52 sentences
- Saving dead languages B2 · 46 sentences
- Sounds that make you want to scream B2 · 50 sentences
- How fans talk about their passions B2 · 51 sentences
- Making male friends B2 · 51 sentences
- Space saving solar hacks B2 · 48 sentences
- The stories behind our names B2 · 48 sentences
- Heatwaves Can we adapt B2 · 53 sentences
- Are you unhappy at work B2 · 51 sentences
- Do you have eco-anxiety B2 · 50 sentences
- Can you stop a disaster B2 · 47 sentences
- The right way to say sorry B2 · 54 sentences
- Foraging for wild food B2 · 48 sentences
- Plants fighting pollution B2 · 47 sentences
- Should we fear chatbots B2 · 53 sentences
- Is it wrong to eat plants B2 · 51 sentences
- Can sounds make food taste better B2 · 56 sentences
Section 19
- The benefits of doing nothing B2 · 72 sentences
- The art of subtitling B2 · 55 sentences
- Ecotourism good or bad B2 · 63 sentences
- Can climate change cause more disease B2 · 59 sentences
- How can we prevent food shortages B2 · 64 sentences
- Addicted to war B2 · 75 sentences
- Ice and the origins of life on Earth B2 · 60 sentences
- Women in politics B2 · 62 sentences
- What's the point of museums B2 · 71 sentences
- How culture affects sadness B2 · 68 sentences
- Would you eat a Kalette B2 · 66 sentences
- Do you get jealous easily B2 · 71 sentences
- Are you lonely in a crowd B2 · 67 sentences
- Food and mood B2 · 66 sentences
- How to talk to a climate denier B2 · 58 sentences
- Losing your mother tongue B2 · 55 sentences
- The health benefits of apples B2 · 61 sentences
- Why do we procrastinate B2 · 67 sentences
- Doomscrolling Why do we do it B2 · 65 sentences
- Exercise for the lazy B2 · 71 sentences
Section 20
- What if athletes were allowed to take drugs B1 · 107 sentences
- Children in war zones B1 · 104 sentences
- How do footballers cope with high-pressure scenarios B1 · 107 sentences
- Should we cycle more B1 · 100 sentences
- Rude emails B1 · 97 sentences
- Stress-free family meals B1 · 111 sentences
- Limiting screen time for children B1 · 110 sentences
- How advertisers make us spend money B1 · 114 sentences
- The power of poetry B1 · 105 sentences
- Living with debt B1 · 106 sentences
- Making cities feel quieter B1 · 107 sentences
- How reading shapes your brain B1 · 100 sentences
- Searching for life on another planet B1 · 110 sentences
- Should we eat ultra-processed food B1 · 99 sentences
- Why are we all so stressed B1 · 113 sentences
- Love the food you hate B1 · 106 sentences
- The future of food B1 · 107 sentences
- Are saunas good for you B1 · 111 sentences
- Weight loss drugs B1 · 113 sentences
- How do we adapt to the cold B1 · 99 sentences